Dirty Old 1970's New York City

I dig the colours, I dig... well, actually, I dig everything about this photo. (via)

Looney Snow Beasts

For the design of these very snow bears (mascots for an Austrian pure natural snow ski resort) I used for colour reference (like brown tones of the cabins, blue tones of the snow etc.) an old tourism poster from 1937 by Erich von Wunschheim. The colours work so well with these looney beasts.

The Colour Picker

Dear fellow followers, in a very complex and highly elaborate process, this very bird converted the colours of some of your profile images into this beautiful colour palette. Thank YOU!

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Yellow Critters

As mentioned before, these kippers are from a closed/stopped project...

...still like the colours.

Talking Inspiration...

Not only do the colours of Carl Spitzweg's paintings bring inspiration my way but also the concept gives me a boost. And look (butterfly!) how well that panned out for this New Yorker homage ("The Many Faces of Eustace Tilley") I did last January:

Image source ("Der Schmetterlingsjaeger"): Wikimedia

The Butterfly Catcher is, btw, one of my favorite paintings. Oh, and sorry for posting something old... but I promise to improve with the next post ;)

Update: The same - I'm referring to the colour palette - is true for these characters from a different project (which will never be made, but it was big fun while it lasted):

A Little Chilly This Morning

Colours, again... I took those pics in my town's City Park, this morning.

Photos: © Satzinger & Hardenberg Archive

The StarDucks© Quake Protective Suit, Mod. Quilted Motor Goat

Voila, the finished piece. This sujet gives quite a wee bit away on the 1^st StarDucks adventure's central theme, but it does not spoil it.

Alright, here's the work sheet - including some not used Quake Protective Suit vehicle thumbs - and...

...a sort of advanced colour palette "abstract painting":

Update: Lars Kroiss WINS with Volvo 122 StarDucks Steampunk Racer Edition (Historic A class) the La Carrera Panamericana 2008!

Photo: © Lars Kroiss